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'File 14/13 Miscellaneous postal correspondence regarding despatch of foreign mails, telegrams etc' [8r] (15/676)
The record is made up of 1 file (336 folios). It was created in 15 Oct 1944-30 Dec 1950. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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POSTAL NOTICE
II* Despatch to the United Kingdom of parcels containing gifts
and articles which are not gifts.
To clarify the position regarding the despatch to the
United Kingdom by post of parcels containing gifts and articles
which are not gifts, the following information is published
for the guidance of the public. This is in supersession of the
postal notice dated the 26th June 1941 on the subject of the
export of gifts of food to the United Kingdom.
2. Parcels containing gifts can be despatched to the United
Kingdom without the addressee obtaining an import license, sub
ject td the following conditions:-
i. Every parcel for despatch should be clearly marked
M Gift Parcel”. The contents should be hona fide
unsolicited gifts and not sent as the result of a prior
communication from the recipient to the sender.
ii. The weight of the parcel should not exceed 5 lbs. gross.
It should be carefully noted that the limit of weight
includes the packing and does not apply to the content
only. The parcel may contain both foodstuffs and non
foodstuffs, but in the case of foodstuffs these should
not be more than 2 lbs. of any one foodstuff.
iii. Clothing cannot be included in a gift parcel unless
the addressee obtains a United Kingdom import license
and gives up clothing ration coupons on receipt. This
restriction does not, however, apply to used or second
hand garments v/hich will be accepted as gifts up to
5 lbs. gross weight without license or surrender of
coupons.
iv. //hen the parcel contains tea in excess of 1 lb. it
should be accompanied by an export license issued in
India by the Indian Tea Licensing Committee, Calcutta,
under section 11 c of the Indian Tea Control Act, 1938.
v/. Gifts at frequent intervals, are not permitted. Further,
Jihe Customs authorities in the United Kingdom have
discretionary powers to confiscate other than usual
gifts. A parcel whidh infringes conditions (ii) and
(iv) will not be accepted. For an infringement of any
of the other conditions, the parcel is liable to confis
cation in the United Kingdom.
3. Parcels, other than gift parcels, may still be transmitted
to the United Kingdom subject to the usual conditions and to
the maximum limit of 22 lbs. It must clearly be understood how
ever, that the contents of such parcels are liable to be confis
cated if an import license is not obtained by the addressee.
It will be the sole responsibility of the sender to satisfy
himself before booking such parcels that the addressee has
obtained the necessary United Kingdom import license.
4. The 5 lbs. limit for gift parcels will not be applied to
food parcels sent by well-wishers to responsible organizations in
the United Kingdom formed for charitable or other similar
purposes. An import license in the United Kingdom, will however
be necessary in these cases and the license can be obtained from
the Ministry of Food by the recipient giving an undertaking that
the goods will be consumed within the organization. These
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- Content
The first part of the file contains correspondence, notices and telegrams regarding various subjects:
- arrangements for the dispatch of mail and for the despatch of parcels and gifts to the United Kingdom during 1944 and 1945;
- restrictions on dispatch of Christmas cards and parcels for prisoners of war in Germany; postcard service to Greece and Belgium, telegraph communications with France; export of jewellery;
- revision of rates of air mail fees, delays of post despatch at Cairo, Palestine, Karachi.
The second part of the file contains letters on investigations into parcels missing from the Bahrain Post Office in 1948-1950, containing goods and banknotes. The file contains two copies of a 1948 judgment from the Bahrain Court, in Arabic (folios 209-217).
The third part of the file contains correspondence regarding money order services between banks and Post Offices, within the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and with India and Pakistan.
The principal correspondents are: British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC); Gray, Mackenzie & Co; Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO); Menashi Ebrahim Cohen & Sons; Petroleum Development Limited; the British Bank of Iran and the Middle East; Lloyds Bank, Karachi; the Eastern Bank Limited; Kuwait Oil Company; the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; the Inspector of the State Police in Bahrain; the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. in London; the British Embassy at Tehran; the Director General of Posts and Telegraphs, Sind and Baluchistan Circle, at Karachi; the Postmaster at Cairo; the Sub-postmaster at Bahrain; and various individuals.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (336 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers in the file are arranged chronologically. There are notes at the end of the file, on folios 312-337. The notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file; they give a brief description of the correspondence with a number in blue and red crayon, which refers back to that correspondence in the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 338; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional mixed foliation/pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-235; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/2/1428
- Title
- 'File 14/13 Miscellaneous postal correspondence regarding despatch of foreign mails, telegrams etc'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:5v, 8r:9v, 12r:20v, 22r:22v, 24r:56v, 57v:81v, 83r:84v, 86r:96v, 98r:102v, 104r:107v, 109r:109v, 111r:132v, 134r:135v, 137r:138v, 140r:155v, 157r:157v, 160r:161v, 164r:167v, 169r:173v, 176r:176v, 179r:182v, 184r:185v, 187r:194v, 198r:199v, 202r:207v, 218r:218v, 220r:222v, 224r:230v, 234r:245v, 251r:253v, 259r:260v, 262r:270v, 272r:280v, 282r:294v, 299r:299v, 301r:305v, 307r:337v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence